Recording method

Can be disturbed by day.  Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae present from possibly September-May.  From March, the larva feeds in slightly swollen leaves, ejecting frass through a small hole; also in spun leaves which turn grey.  Adults fly June-September.

Larval foodplants

Sea-purslane.

Habitat

Salt-marshes, mudflats and the banks of tidal rivers.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was found on Auchencairn Bay, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 2nd August 2004.